Who Is Responsible?

Esther 4:16 …if I perish, I perish Murphy’s law states that if something can go wrong, it will go wrong. As a father and someone responsible for an organization, the Bill Rice Ranch, I have also observed that if someone is asking you for some kind of permission that...

Don’t Lose Hope in the Bigger Story

Esther 3:15 And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed When I was a child, I would often be in kid’s meetings where the teacher would give a serialized story that was one chapter on one night, the next chapter on the next night, and...

God Is Layering Providence into Your Life

Esther 1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from Indian even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces: The book of Esther is an amazing story! You may well know it. Once upon a time, there was a...

The One Who Does the Work Gets the Credit

Nehemiah 12:27 …to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing We just had a marvelous event at the Bill Rice Ranch. The Ranch is people who serve in a number of ways. The Ranch is 1,300 acres, and it is a wonderful place to get away,...

Openly Commit Yourself to the Truth

Nehemiah 9:38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it Recently I got an invitation to a fall gathering. It sounds great and I hope we can go. On the bottom of the invitation it said RSVP. Now I...